The Right Mindset Is Everything

At this time of year, some people have set their 2018 goals and are beginning to take steps toward them, while others may have already lapsed in staying focused on a new mindset, habit, or behavior.

Which brings me to the mindset of making things happen. 2017 was amazing for me, my business, my meditation journey, and my relationships with friends and with clients.

How did I make this happen? I ditched the goals and resolutions. Instead, I picked one word/phrase to guide me, and it changed the way I looked at everything. And that brought some real opportunities into my world.

Some of the things I did in 2017 from this new mindset:

Serving incredible clients and working only with people and businesses who inspire me and are doing amazing work in this world.

Having amazing conversations with fun, interesting people.

Worked Super Smart: Fewer hours, bigger impact, and better work & play balance.

Went to visit creative friends in other parts of the U.S.

Took better care of my mind, body, spirit such as developing new meditation habits that have had enormous benefits.

Grew my dedication to daily meditation and mindfulness practice with 30-45 minute a day practices, 5-6 days a week and teaching new clients how to start their own meditation practice.

Contributed and grew as part of two in-person, female mastermind groups.

Went to the Women’s Convention in Detroit and grew my perspectives.

Focused on my own personal mindset growth with the help of my private coach.

Raised my own self-awareness and focused on being more present with the people in my life.

AND began the outline of a book (stay tuned!).

The mindset I used

How did I accomplish the above and more? With the mindset of “say yes” to the opportunities presenting themselves, even if I felt scared, and a focus on feelings of joy. How did I make this mindset manifest?

By doing a LOT less of what used to waste my time and energy.

By doing an authentic reconciliation of what knowledge and skills I truly have, and then setting my fees to match the value of my work, which means understanding that value and speaking to it by:

having a mindset of serving and not selling.

doing things that scare me and staying outside my comfort zone.

allowing myself to feel vulnerable or down without attacking myself.

raising my awareness and preventing self-sabotaging patterns before they took hold.

learning that even though my focus was on “say yes” it also meant saying no to loads of “opportunities” so I could say YES to the real ones.

trusting myself and my choices even when they were not popular or “logical”.

speaking up more with truth and authenticity to clients, colleagues, and friends.

doing LESS and getting MORE done.

making more time for self-care.

Empowering mindset

None of these had anything to do with goals and resolutions which fall short when you are envisaging an incredible year for yourself, your career, or your organization. It is not enough to ‘set goals’ or ‘make resolutions’. You need a mindset of empowerment and a perspective of possibilities for yourself that then feeds all your decisions and actions. You need to see your situation differently before you can rise above it. This is true within your organization which lives and dies on internal culture and colleagues who believe “we can change the world”. It’s true of your sense of where you are in your career and how your work contributes to a better world, and it changes your personal life since you are the central ingredient on making it joyful.

Inner work

This is incredible and important inner work, which then impacts your outer reality. It’s the mindset you must have to successfully manifest an amazing year. It’s proven to help my clients see the biggest shift in their path, which for them, turns into new clients, new streams of income, and new joys in their business and their lives. And this is where I urge you to look for your greatest opportunities and satisfying possibilities in 2018.

If you want to change your outer reality, below are some ways to engage with me:

Or contact me for your own exploration session for one of the following items:

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Private Coaching with Sara Jane: If you want to accelerate your results and progress in your business, relationships, sales, fundraising, or revenue, and do it in a way that aligns with your core life values and brings you joy, then let’s have a conversation to see if we are a good fit for my private coaching program.

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